Chapter Fifty-Seven: Speak Widely

I am unwilling, but there is no way, a few years ago, the example of King Yong was in front of me, so big that even the poet Immortal Li Taibai joined his alliance, what was the result? was suppressed in less than a year, how much stronger is he than King Yong?

In the past few years, he has been wandering in his heart, rebelling in the north, this is actually a great time! Once missed, it won't take a few years for Wang Shi to quell the rebellion, and it will be even more difficult at that time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

However, King Yong ......

These two thoughts often alternate in his mind, and although he has been moving behind his back, he is always undecided.

It's ridiculous to think about!

"Where there's a will, there's a way!" Even a little girl understands the truth, but it is difficult for her to make up her mind, a dignified prince, is it not as good as the ambition of a little businessman?

Looking at Li Huizhi again, the confidence and certainty revealed in this beautiful face made her completely different in his eyes.

Perhaps realizing his gaffe, Lord Rui immediately sat down again, pretending to pick up the teacup on the table next to him, hiding his embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Good poem, good poem!" ”

Even Prince Rui said that it was a good poem, what else could Wang Taishou say? I just have to say a little postscript.

He didn't dare to interject any more, he couldn't get it right, and Miss Liu said again: "Lord Taishou, dare to compare with Sister Li?" ”

The poems between a Huzhou Taishou and a businessman will be circulated, and if he still wins, he will lose face?

When Lord Rui summoned Li Huizhi over, he had already attracted the attention of Lord Shi and all the businessmen, and when they heard her reciting such a poem in public and being praised by the prince, they immediately showed respect in their eyes.

Lord Shi is naturally different from the minds of these ordinary businessmen, what he thinks in his heart, in addition to the good artistic conception of the poems, is also the sentence "Where there is a will, there is a way".

There was chaos in the north, and the pressure on the household department was particularly heavy. The South had to bear the taxes of the whole country, as well as the military expenses for the war. The pressure can be imagined.

What can be done so that we can not stir up chaos in the south, but also collect more taxes and take care of the north? There is no doubt that only by upgrading the economy of the South can we overcome this difficulty.

But how easy is it to boost the economy? After a long period of practice, many government affairs are easier said than done.

It's not easy to do household work!

"Where there's a will, there's a way!" This sentence seems to give this household official infinite encouragement, yes! How hard is it? At most, it's just a matter of putting this old life on the line, so what can it have?

Thousands of years later, there will naturally be a history that remembers my hard work for the people of the world!

Thinking of this, Master Shi saluted with both hands and waved to Li Huizhi.

Li Huizhi hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.

When Liu Nianqing saw this situation, she was so excited that she clapped her hands and praised it, the little girl's family was unwilling to hide her joy. She knew that Sister Li would definitely not live up to her expectations.

Wang Taishou didn't expect Li Huizhi to be in such a big limelight, and he felt bad for a while. This girl is not ordinary, no wonder she can mess up those three guys.

I didn't expect that the granddaughter of the dignified Xuan Wangye, the daughter of General Yunlu, was so close to her!

Hiding the unhappiness in his heart, Wang Taishou arched his hand to Lord Shi: "Lord Shi, today's meeting was originally invited by you, let's not announce the guest and take the lead, just listen to how you arrange it, right?" Lord Rui and this official are just accompanying guests, so there is no need to care about each other! ”

This woman is not ordinary, she can't be allowed to contact Lord Rui anymore, so she has to leave quickly. Looking at the way Lord Rui looked at her, it was not good......

Li Huizhi was relieved, and retreated from Prince Rui and Wang Taishou, and returned to her seat.

As for the consequences of today's accidental poetry, I don't care.

The topic was interrupted, and Lord Shi and the merchants returned to the question just now.

Lord Shi saw that these merchants were still very restrained, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to be restrained, this official has not even worn an official uniform today, nor has he brought the master book, everyone can only speak boldly, and there is no mistake!" The meaning of Lord Liu of the Ministry of Household Affairs -- which regulations are not conducive to trade and business, everyone can say. Mr. Liu will do my best to help you! ”

That's to put it more politely.

In fact, this policy is beneficial to merchants!

Tell me the way, if there are difficulties and those that don't work, you can speak up now, and Liu Shilang of the household department will help solve it!

If the problems are solved, wouldn't business be good?

All the merchants present were eager to try it - but they all hesitated, who would take the lead?

Master Shi looked around, saw Li Huizhi who was still in a daze, and asked kindly, "I don't know what the Li Family Tea House thinks?" ”

Presumably that day in Yanyulou, Li Huizhi's image of daring to speak out has been deeply rooted in his heart, and the poem just now showed his talent, so Master Shi asked her directly.

Li Huizhi woke up suddenly from the fear of composing the poem just now, and when she heard Master Shi's question, she hurriedly stood up, respectfully saluted him, and said:

"Lord Shi, the people don't dare to talk nonsense! However, from the point of view of the people's daughters, there is a problem that needs to be solved urgently -- the price of rice is extremely high every year when the harvest is not good, and if it can be managed, I believe that many people will die of starvation. ”

Master Shi was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face receded, he frowned slightly, nodded lightly, turned around and paced.

When the merchants present heard Li Huizhi's statement, they all sweated for her - doesn't she mean that the businessman has exposed his shortcomings? Originally, the merchant had long been despised by the world, how could she not open which pot to mention?

Don't make it end badly for a while......

As an official of the household department, Master Shi thought about it for a while, and naturally understood the reason why Li Huizhi said that the price of rice was extremely high.

This is indeed a negligence of the household department!

After a few busy months, he ignored the fluctuations in the price of rice.

As a household official, he did not dare to say what would happen to such a matter as the extremely high price of rice -- but he knew that if it was not dealt with in time, it would inevitably lead to serious consequences.

After only one back and forth, Master Shi has sorted out the ins and outs of this matter, and he has a general idea of how to deal with it.

Looking back, I saw that the merchants present were all looking at themselves with their necks stretched, and Li Huizhi was still standing, waiting for her reply.

He returned to his elegant and amiable old man's appearance, chuckled and motioned for Li Huizhi to sit down, waved his hand to everyone and said, "You don't have to worry today, this official said, no matter what you say, there will be no trouble, you should relax!" ”

So everyone put their hearts back into their stomachs, looked at each other a few times, and some of the bolder ones began to speak.

Some complained that many roads were impassable, and some complained that the apportionment was too heavy, and as soon as one person started talking, the rest of them also jumped -- whether it was a matter of belonging to the household department or not, they all spoke out in one go.

Lord Shi listened at first, nodded frequently, and then more, so he asked people to find a pen and paper and write them down one by one.

Although Lord Rui and Lord Taishou watched from afar, they were still smiling slightly, but there was a hint of respect in their eyes.

Such a strict official is respectable wherever he is placed.

After all, it was Lord Shi who personally selected the merchants from many merchants in Huzhou, and most of the opinions they said were very good suggestions, for example, one of them boldly put forward great opinions on the official system and official sales of the salt industry -- although the profits of the salt industry are the country's dependence, due to the official system and official sales, there are too many links in the middle, and the price has doubled dozens of times, and the people cannot afford it at all.

In fact, there is a huge problem of corruption involved, and the interests of the country are not really much at all, but that person does not dare to say too clearly.

In short, if we want to change this status quo, we only need a small reform: change the official system of official sales to official commercial sales, the interests of the country will not be reduced, but the price of salt can be greatly reduced, and the people can afford it.

Unexpectedly, among the businessmen, there are such knowledgeable people, Lord Shi's vision of seeing people is really accurate!

Datang's salt industry did often erupt into big problems - not to mention, Huangchao started out in the salt business, and later almost overturned the entire Datang.

Of course, that's nearly 200 years from now. Li Huizhi remembers that historically, Liu Yan did make great reforms to the salt industry.

In short, Liu Yan is a good official, and Master Shi is also a good official.

It is imperative to reform the salt industry, but this will shake the interests of many people, so there are still many obstacles to exercising it!

Throughout history, Liu Yan's salt industry reform has made significant achievements, which can be regarded as his officialdom fame. (To be continued.) )